Posted on 02/07/2007 8:20:27 PM PST by Esther Ruth
Well, I'm not surprised the Temple was there.
That's precisely why Islam built the mosque on the same spot. It was no accident.
When the hell is the 7th century CE? I thought CE was a European electrical/safety regulatory thing?
Does this mean the temple could be rebuilt?
Christian Era instead of After Christ
Islam is a thief and it's profit is stolen.
An interesting development.
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news.php3?id=121164
Archeologist: Israel Lets Arabs Take Over Temple Mount
06:04 Feb 08, '07 / 20 Shevat 5767
(IsraelNN.com) A leading Temple Mount archaeologist has charged that the Israeli government is "doing nothing to prevent Arabs from taking over the entire Temple Mount" and fabricate claims that the First and Second Temples never existed.
Eilat Mazor, of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, made the charges as Defense Minister Amir Peretz urged Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to immediately halt preparatory work for a new foot bridge next to the holy site, fearing violent reaction from the Arab world.
Ministry advisor and senior reserve IDF officer Amos Gilad added that the work could cause problems as Fatah and Hamas meet on unity talks and American Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice prepares for talks with Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Olmert in two weeks.
The officer of the Prime Minister replied that the work causes no harm but complained that the letter from the Defense Ministry reached the media.
Jerusalem police want the work to stop because of feared Arab violence, substantiating a claim by archaeologist Mazor, who argued, "The only ones paying attention are the police, and they are only interested in quiet, so they do nothing." He added that Muslim officials throw away Jewish relics of the Holy Temples and are trying "to turn the whole of the Temple Mount into a mosque for Muslims only."
Meanwhile, Muslims are continuing with plans to build a new Temple Mount minaret from which loudspeakers will call on the public to worship. A leading Muslim cleric told WorldNetDaily that permission to build of the minaret "proves Jewish conspiracies for a synagogue will never succeed and solidifies our presence here."
OK - so now that they have confidence in the location - it's time to get the bulldozers out and do the ground work to build the new temple.... We just think the Muzzies hate Israel/Jews now....heheheh
Then again - who's temple ground is it? Who had a temple there first? It wasn't the Muzzies.
An aerial view of the Dome of the Rock Mosque at the Al Aqsa Mosque compound, known by the Jews as the Temple Mount, top, is seen as Jewish worshipers pray at the Western Wall, bottom, in Jerusalem's Old City, in this Tuesday, Oct.(AP/EMILIO MORENATTI)
repost of full caption for above photo,,
An aerial view of the Dome of the Rock Mosque at the Al Aqsa Mosque compound, known by the Jews as the Temple Mount, top, is seen as Jewish worshipers pray at the Western Wall, bottom, in Jerusalem's Old City, in this Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2006. file photo. Police took up positions throughout the area Tuesday as Israeli archaeologists began digging near a site holy to both Jews and Muslims amid protests and threats from Palestinians. The Israel Antiquities Authority said the work poses no danger to the holy site but Palestinians fear Israel will damage it and have warned the work would inflame tensions. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti, File)
I think before the end of the decade, Israel will officially decide to build it, but it won't happen until after a long war.
Sheik Raed Salah the leader of the Islamic Movement in Israel stands with several of his followers outside The Dung Gate, one of the entrances to Jeruslaem's Old City, near the Al Aqsa Mosque compound, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2007. Salah and six supporters were taken for questioning after 'a brawl' with police guarding work near the hilltop compound known to Jews as the Temple Mount and to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary, home of the Al Aqsa mosque complex, police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
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Personally, I have to wonder if non-Europeans wouldn't be more upset to be excluded from the "common history" more than they would from a "Christian" one...
Nope. COMMON Era. They've taken CHRIST out of the history books.
Any map with the article?
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